Welcome to the Boy Scouts of America, Mid-America Council’s “A Scout is Helpful” Photo Contest! Show off your photography skills! THE PHOTO CONTEST ENDS ON MAY 31, 2014.

WEEKLY WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL. WEEKLY WINNERS WILL HAVE THEIR PHOTO POSTED AS THE MID-AMERICA COUNCIL’S FACEBOOK COVER PHOTO AND VIDEO POSTED IN THE NEWSFEED. A GRAND PRIZE WINNER WILL BE NOTIFIED BY JUNE 30, 2014. THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER (one photo winner and one video winner) WILL RECEIVE A GRAND PRIZE CAMPING KIT. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING!

Each week, a new photo will be selected as the Mid-America Council'sFacebook cover photo.
All appropriate photos will be added to the Council's Shutterfly page.
All appropriate videos will be added to the Council's YouTube page.

Wow us, and your photograph or video just might appear on the cover of the Mid-America Council’s Facebook page. The photograph contest is open to Mid-America Council Scouts and Scouters. Its theme: A Scout is Helpful. Use your imagination and send us photographs or videos that illustrates how your unit follows "A Scout is Helpful" based off of the Scout Law. Send pictures and videos of your Scouts helping throughout the community. Show us your Scouts in action, helping the community, another unit, or being helpful in general.

Each entrant must be a registered member of Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts or Venturing, or a registered adult leader.

Photographs and videos must be taken in 2014.

All photo entries must be digital in JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg) format. All videos should be in .wmv format. Files should be as high of a resolution as your camera (and your computer, for uploading) will permit.

Deadline for entries: May 31, 2014.

Be sure to read and agree to the complete official rules.

Awards
One photograph per week will be selected as the Mid-America Council’s cover photo on Facebook. All appropriate photos and videos will be added to Shutterfly and/or YouTube. Following the close of the contest, one lucky photo winner and one lucky video winner will receive a grand prize camping package.

The ‘Fine’ Print
The Boy Scouts of America, Mid-America Council its agents will not be responsible for damage or loss of entries. Entries become the property of the Boy Scouts of America, Mid-America Council. The decisions of the judges are final.

Good luck. Now go out and capture helpfulness in Scouting!

Official Rules

Eligibility: The Boy Scouts of America, Mid-America Council “A Scout is Helpful” photo and video contest (the “Promotion”) is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, who are registered Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts or Venturers or adult leaders and located in the U.S. at the time of entry. Employees, contractors, directors and officers of the Boy Scouts of America, Mid-America Council (“Sponsor”), and their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, distributors, licensees and the advertising, fulfillment, judging and promotion agencies involved in the development and administration of this Promotion (collectively, “Promotion Parties”), and their immediate family members (parent, child, sibling and spouse of each) and those living in the same households of each are not eligible. Void elsewhere and where prohibited by law.

Promotion Period: The Promotion begins at 12:01 a.m. Central Time ("CT") on February 1, 2014 and ends at 11:59 p.m. CT on May 31, 2014 (the "Promotion Period").

How to Enter: During the Promotion Period, emailSarah Arnold your photo(s) along with up to 300 words describing your picture. Include “A Scout is Helpful Photo Contest” in the subject line of the email. The person emailing the photo will be deemed the entrant (the “Entrant”).

Entry Requirements: In order to be entered in the Contest, Entrants must comply with registration instructions when submitting their photo or video. The photo must be digital in JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg) format. The video must be in .wmv format. The photo or video must have been taken in 2014.

The Entry must NOT contain personally identifiable information such as last names, addresses, e-mail addresses or URLs. Entrants must obtain a signed release form from each person (or their legal guardian if under 18) who appears in the photo or video. Entrants may be required, at any time, to provide Sponsor with evidence of all such releases, written permission(s) and authorization(s). By entering, you understand that your entry may (in Sponsor’s sole discretion) be posted online for people to view. It may be used in other promotional aspects by the Sponsor. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an Entrant, the Entrant will be deemed the legal owner of the e-mail address appearing on the Entry.

The Entry may not contain obscene, lewd or inappropriate images or text, as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Any Entry Material or portion thereof that is, in the Sponsor's sole discretion, obscene, profane, lewd, defamatory, contains any third party materials, or otherwise violates or infringes (or may infringe) any copyright, trademark, logo, mark that identifies a brand or other proprietary right of any person living or deceased (including but not limited to rights of privacy or publicity or portrayal in a false light) or entity, or is otherwise objectionable, will not be considered and may disqualify the Entrant. Entrants may not copy or otherwise plagiarize the Entry Material from any source. Sponsor has the sole discretion to determine whether a photo qualifies as an Entry. All Entries must be the sole, original work of the Entrants. Entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Entrants and winners acknowledge and agree that their Entries become the property of the Sponsor, which thereby has the right to edit, adapt, modify, reproduce, promote and otherwise use Entries in any way it sees fit. Automated, script, macro or robotic Entries submitted by individuals or organizations will be disqualified. If, in Sponsor's sole discretion, the Entry appears to have resulted in any injury or bodily harm, it will be rejected. Entries must be in keeping with Sponsor's image and may not be offensive, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, nor can it defame or invade publicity rights or privacy rights of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person's personal or proprietary rights. In such an event, the Entry will not be posted online and will be disqualified from the Contest. Any Entry not in compliance with the above and does not meet the Websites' requirements will be disqualified. By entering, you agree to waive any rights you may have to the Entry submitted.

Winners: A panel of judges will select one first-place winner. Judging will be based on the following criteria: originality and creativity, communication of the "A Scout is Helpful” theme, and overall appeal. The grand prize winner will be notified via email by June 30, 2014. Weekly winners will have their image posted as the Sponsor’s cover photo on Facebook

Prizes, Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) & Odds: One (1) First-Place Prize: A winter camping kit. Total ARV = $250. No substitution, cash redemption or transfer of prizes is permitted except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. All federal, state and local taxes, and all other costs associated with acceptance or use of the prizes, are the sole responsibility of the winner. Arrangements for delivery of prizes will be performed after winner validation. Odds of winning any prize depend on the number of entries received. Winners will be notified by email. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.

Privacy information: Online contact information will be collected from entrants for the sole purpose of a direct response to contact winners.

General Rules: All federal, state and local laws apply. Potential winners' parent/legal guardian, as any winner is a minor, may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release of Liability and a Publicity Release within ten (10) days of attempted delivery or prize will be forfeited. The return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable or failure to return any documents in a timely manner may result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be chosen. By participating, participants agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Promotion Parties from and against any and all liability or damages associated with this Promotion or acceptance, use or misuse of any prize received in this Promotion. Promotion Parties are not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer or administration of the Promotion. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its agencies to use winners’ names and likenesses for purposes of advertising and publicity without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. By participating in this Promotion, participants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final in all matters relating to the Promotion. Promotion Parties are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, stolen, illegible, inaccurate, damaged, incomplete, non-delivered or postage-due mail; or for printing, distribution or production errors or for technical, hardware, software, or telephone malfunctions of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled or delayed electronic communications caused by the user or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Promotion, or by any human, or other error, which may occur in this Promotion. If, in the Sponsor's opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of tampering with any portion of the promotion, or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the promotion, the Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify suspect entries and/or modify or terminate the promotion in a manner deemed reasonable by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an entry, entries will be declared made by the person's name submitted at time of entry. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the Promotion or Website or acts in a disruptive manner. This Promotion is offered only in the United States and is governed by the laws of the State of Nebraska. By entering, entrants irrevocably consent to the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Nebraska located in the county of Douglas for any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Promotion.

Waiver: By participating in this Promotion, participant waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages, attorneys’ fees or any damages other than actual out-of-pocket costs incurred to participate.

Winners’ List: To receive a copy of the Winners’ List for this Promotion (available after 06/30/14), mail a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope to be received by 08/20/14 to: Winner's List, BSA Helpful Photo Contest, 12401 West Maple Road, Omaha, Nebraska 68164